Paris, a daring athlete and massive stud, finds his equal in a slender sunflower of a woman named Clytie. They’re bull leapers, practicing the deadly sport of the ancient Minoans for the amusement of a super-wealthy modern audience on a private island. Clytie and Paris are also consorts, trained to give their masters all varieties of pleasure. Their love for one another is as inevitable as it is forbidden.